Blog Archive

A guest post by David Cant, MD of Veritas Consulting about the Dangers and Myths around Asbestos.
[Read on about The Truth About the Dangers of Asbestos]

This is the story about Jack and his house, which needed a refurb. Watch the story unfold by watching one of our first animations ...
[Read on about This is the house that Jack built in 1952....]

Having recently visited the IIRSM Conference in Birmingham we were very pleased with the conference as a whole but particularly interested in the update from Judith Hackitt, the Chair of the HSE. Judith stated that much about the implementation of the regulations is misrepresentation and as health and safety professionals we are all guilty of adding fuel to the flames. What the HSE does is good,...
[Read on about 2014: Change in Regulations, Behaviour, Culture]

In October, 2012 the Fee for Intervention was introduced by the HSE. This has been applied to those who have broken a Health and Safety Law. It means that law breakers are liable for all HSE related costs which happens to work out at £124 per hour. This includes inspection, investigation and taking enforcement action. Let's put this in perspective. In 2012 - 2013: 7,345 enforcement notices were...
[Read on about Spot Checks and the £124 per hour Fee for Intervention]